On Wed, 28 Jun 2000 15:35:14 +0100 (BST) Philip Hazel
<ph10@???> wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Jeffrey Goldberg wrote:
>
> > > functional_autoreply:
> > > driver = smartuser
> > > domains = "lsearch;TABLES/local_domains.common:\
> > > lsearch;TABLES/local_domains.THISHOST"
> > > transport = autoresponders
> > > require_files = TABLES/forwardfiles/${local_part}.response
> > > user = exim
> > > unseen
> > >
> > >
> > > which should run as the user exim (and there is not a file
> > > xxxxx.response so nothing occurs) and appears to be working for anybody
> > > else.
>
> Consider what happens if ${local_part} ends up containing a colon.
>
Give that man a beer!!
If the address starts with a colon it appears that I get the very error
message and having read the require_files section of the manual again I
realise why.
Mind you persuading exim to accept the colon address in the first place
seems to need it to be escaped ( vague recollection that unescaped
colons have something to do with source routed addresses)
<alpha>% /usr/lib/sendmail -bt :xxxxx
:xxxxx - bad address: missing or malformed local part (expected word or "<")
<alpha>% /usr/lib/sendmail -bt \\:xxxxx
Address rewritten as: \:xxxxx@???
LOG: 0 MAIN PANIC DIE
user "xxxxx.response" for file existence test not found
Now all I need to do is work out how to test for this case ......
Thanks very much Philip
Jonathan
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